Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-09


u tie Esrsiaorial 1asazauasnk Tnens
inequalities are aas % ths insogrssa 10
tarns of thsvalzaaios 81 psspsray mA1a
By she eoanfy oEAosEs. the abisst hefnG
70 rsliess shair seanfiss Of . porzioz Of
sha basasn II sasaainina ihs TssEisuEiai
zossEnmsna. ID csdee skas The motiss
for shas dspsassinR salnss may b m
da,s3e cd. IL sh1nld DO Eamsmbessa thai
she fsrrisorial asssasnams . baesd upos
tAsss sstarns sad thaA rs lswsE ths
salnatscn Of property. ths szsailsr b -
anount whaaA he soqnay y called upsn
10 pay Enso ths TsgrfaoEias Treasury.
GiaEing a. the fAlssty os many Of fhe
sssnsus has been d pas ys4r4 sAs o.
ures for 1855 are apparsntly lees reliable
than thoss ~ any pEsvi0as ysar. II
mang counties shs vaia4tien ct prog
ezsy rs pns q Aezrss - isw a. 10 b
siatsnlonzs end this was apparently
done vita The usmsst SiaEsaREd sf facts
thas mnss Be pateni % tie mnss careless
observes. In uounssea who's wealth
and popaIafion have eeftainly Increased
materially within sbs pass pear, TIE val
uaafrn FssuFnsd is sssually lower than
In 1855. and IN some Gases 70 h 90 mach
Tower tbas . straneaF would b Justified
Ia believing tkas an uiaax COLLAPSE had
sAken plaee . the isdnstEiss snd hosi-
ness eg she esunty.
epokaBs ooan'y aaosds ~ sxeellsni
sxampas. The growth and prosperity
q spokans Falls vlshin the past year
have been marvel. Ths snterprisinR
iassls city has increased In wealth, popa-
Iation and bnainsss al An nnpssesdsntsa
rata. According 20 che Mes Year add.
ti0n Of the Spokane Falls Chvosssis. the
amount inxestse IN imprsssmsnas In
that city daring 1855 sss not lsss than
$4,000. This sstinasss however, 10
entirely too los, a. vas Demonstrated
by the Spokane Fails Rsvisw. which dis
puked the figures Of iss contemporary,
and, afsns carefal and ezhauasivs
analysis Of ihaimpEoysmenss made DUR
ina 1885, placed their aggregate value as
asl0000 The aFsisle in whish this ex-
hibit 10 made, the Review assures It's
readers. "vas carefully prepared with
especial rsfsEenae 10 exne9itnde and msy
be relied upon as tFne and ancoIorsd
exhibit" OF this there can BE- no doubt,
as the progress Of Spokane Falls during
che past ysaF has been veEg sauld Il
should be remembefsd, toe. that spe-
ksne Falls is only the principal city 10 Q
large eonnsy, and that che other poF-
ticns Of the county have fairly kept
pace With II. In spite Of all this, how
ever, the property valuation Of Spokane
soanty, according 10 the oiioial return,
actually deersaaed frem $3.50. $50 IN
1885 70 IS, 4S6 ,906 in 1856. The vets OF
the county increased from 2899 In 1884
10 lis7 in 1886. Comment on this 4 m.
necessary. TIE figures speak for them
selves
Spokane county, however. ID not alone
10 cffspdinR nor ID 10 an especially FspEe~
hensible offender. Il was selected ~ .
typical example merely because the dis
erepancy between the statements Of its
and the return officially
made IL 80 great. Many other counties
psaetieed the same deception. The 10
cal valuation Of property in Adams
county decreased from e253. 40 in 1885
to s225. 465 ia 1886. though the vote Of
the county increased from 1877 In 1884 to
81 IN 1886. That Of Chehalis county
frsm 81. ia. 795 70 HOG. on,
slough the vote increased. That Of
Clarke county decreased from 81, $685.
30 to 81, 99O.57l. though the vote in
sssased. That Of Coiunbia county de-
sreassd from e. 56s. $50 TO e2,40S gao.
rnst OF CowIitz decreased from 1919 577
% $685. That Of Franklia SHOVE
. phenomenal decrease from e69o,64s
% SIls.0e0 That OF Lewis decreased
IRON el.o77, 2ss TO Ss47. 7s7, Though ths
sote increased from 1877 20 1888. That
II Mason eeouty decreased from e54s,
Is7 10 e424 .27o. shonGh the voss aInosi
ioabled. skamania. Thursson. WIS
,om and Y4kims snov 3 similar Dc
,rease. In Yakima county the decrease
sas most Extraordinary. being from 81, Il
rT.7o6 to sss9ss4. although thsrs has
sesa q general depression chat the DE-
IslOpmens Of Yakima county has been
soinG along in an exceedingly satissae-
org mannsz.
Az result Of thsss ineorress returns,
he assessment valuation Of aIl the prop
'Ely In the Territory shows an Increase
Turing the year Of only $3.50 60. tboaeh
King oeanty alone shows az increase Of
l720. 1s0. Pierce county of e75s one. and
Whitman ooanag Of el.so6. 7s7. shs last
FAMED eeaasy showisg IN inereasa
qaaI 10 almost Zen times that reported
% the sasire TssxifoFy. This con
FRAUD operates alike AGAINST |
he Territory sad aeninst the csansies |
Ehieh make hoaest returns ana which
~ aesordinely compelled 70 pay The |
azss which chs eounaiss with less hon-
rasls ofaolals have shiFksd.
A study Of she Aenrea thas retained
hoald eonyinoe any Ons Of the nsses. /
lay Of Territorial board Of eqaslixA-
on. II d net only aniaat. bal 10 10 alb
ard, to ailew he hxine Of the piopsEy
aluation Of . SOanty 70 rest finally with
ounsy officials 70 whose inieFess 70 ID 20
AXE a. low return a. possible. Tha |
Try possibslity o. sush . pAlp4bly false
aura - thai from Spokane eoaasy or
la from Yakima esunsy bsinR finally
scepasd 10 shs mosa severe commentary
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